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Tony Award-winner Idinia Menzel will launch a global tour next year after she exits the current Broadway musical “If/Then.” The tour, which kicks off July 7, will play Connecticut July 11 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Menzel is also noted for her performances in Broadway’s “Rent,” as the singing voice in the film “Frozen,” in TV’s “Glee” and her iconic performance as Elphaba in the Broadway musical “Wicked.” Connecticut theater fans will remember her in the musical “Summer of ‘42” at Goodspeed Musical’s Norma Terris Theater in Chester. Tickets go on sale beginning Dec. 5 at Ticketmaster.com,...

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Tony Award winner Idina Menzel will sing "Let It Go," written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for Disney's animated musical "Frozen." The number is nominated for original song, and the film is nominated for animated feature.

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Tony Award-winner Idinia Menzel will launch a global tour next year after she exits the current Broadway musical “If/Then.” The tour, which kicks off July 7, will play Connecticut July 11 at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Menzel is also noted for her performances in...

As any theater obsessive knows, it's hard not to get swept up in Tony fever so in advance of Tuesday morning's announcement of this year's nominees, here's a few fearless predictions. (It's not always a given if there are four or five nominees in...

Tony Award winner Idina Menzel will return to The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford on Sunday, Sept. 30 to perform a diverse repertoire of classic pop and musical theater favorites, including hits from her Tony Award-winning role in...

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The Los Angeles premieres of the Broadway hit "If/Then" and the Tony Award-winning "Beautiful — The Carole King Musical" anchor the Pantages Theatre's 2015-16 season, organizers announced Monday.
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On her 2014 tour, Katy Perry cavorted with an animatronic horse. But because the Super Bowl demands more, she upped the ante during Sunday's halftime performance.
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Queen Elsa has a cold.
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Broadway and movie star Idina Menzel will perform the national anthem at Super Bowl XLIX, the actress announced Friday.
Menzel, best known for her roles as Elphaba in the musical “Wicked” and the voice of Elsa in Disney's “Frozen,” said one of her...

"Frozen" star Idina Menzel will sing the national anthem before the Super Bowl kicks off next month.
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Here's some news that should warm the hearts of "Frozen" fanatics: "Frozen Fever," Disney's animated short reuniting the cast and creators of the blockbuster musical film, will play before the studio's live-action...

Singer Idina Menzel will step away from Broadway stages and sound booths of Hollywood animation studios to undertake a global concert tour next year, starting July 7 in Richmond, Va., and culminating at the Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 3.
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A year that gave us much exuberant pop music about being happy, shaking it off, keeping it fancy and/or letting go of problems — "the past is in the past," sings Idina Menzel in "Let It Go" — had little need for the starker realities...

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